24 Reports

Date is incorrect. "From official source, the month should be June (not may) for the origin of this status: http://www.blood.ca/CentreApps/Internet/UW_V502_MainEngine.nsf/page/MSM"Aug 18, 2013

Status is not correct. "Recently changed to 1 year. "Jul 6, 2016

Status is not correct. "Banned (1-year deferral)"Jul 12, 2016

Newer law has been passed. "Reduced to One Year, bummer.."Jul 18, 2016

Newer law has been passed. "In August, the deferral period will be only one year."Jul 18, 2016

Status is not correct. "Deferral period was changed to 1 year in June 2016"Jul 19, 2016

Status is not correct. "It is now only a year deferral "Aug 2, 2016

Status is not correct. "The deferral has been reduced to 12 months , after Health Canada , the health regulator in the country , approved such a submission by the Canadian Blood Services and Hema Quebec , the blood collection agency in the province of Quebec. The new pokicy becaame effective August 15th , 2016."Aug 30, 2016

Status is not correct. "This was updated to reduce the ineligibility period from 5 years to 1 year as of August 15, 2016 (https://blood.ca/en/men-who-have-sex-men)"Nov 9, 2016

Newer law has been passed. "Deferral has been reduced to 1 year."Nov 20, 2016

Status is not correct. "It's one year now "Dec 30, 2016

Status is not correct. "1 yr deferral as of August 2016.
https://blood.ca/en/men-who-have-sex-men/MSM_FAQ"Jan 16, 2017

Newer law has been passed. "As of Aug 15, 2016 the waiting period has been reduced to 1 year. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gay-men-blood-donations-1.3643761"Jan 17, 2017

Status is not correct. "The deferral period is 1 year as of 2016"Jan 17, 2017

Status is not correct. "Deferral period is no longer 5 years. It is now 1 year. See Canadian Blood Services link at https://blood.ca/en/men-who-have-sex-men"Feb 17, 2017

Status is not correct. "Still one year deferral"Mar 24, 2017

Status is not correct. "Must abstain from same sex relations for at least one year prior to donating "Apr 10, 2017

Status is not correct. "It's now 1 year"May 3, 2017

Status is not correct. Aug 13, 2017

Status is not correct. "Need to be abstinent from same-sex activity for 12 months. For example, a man cannot donate if he's engaged in sexual activity with another man; a woman cannot donate if she's engaged in sexual activity with a man whom has participated in the formerly mentioned example.
Proper date: August 15, 2016
Source: Canadian Blood Services
Note: currently a blood donor and gay (abstinent)"Aug 20, 2017

Status is not correct. "Gay men need to be abstinent for 1 year prior to donating blood"Jan 11, 2018

Status is not correct. "1 year defferal in effect"Jan 24, 2018

Status is not correct. "As of 2016 the deferral is one year"Jun 2, 2018

Status is not correct. "Blood Donation by MSMS in Canada is still banned with a deferral. But the deferral is now 1 Year, not 5. There's also people who want to change it to 3 months."2 days ago